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17 Cards in this Set
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Who was Antigone's father? |
Oedipus |
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What is Polyneices and Eteocles do? |
fought for power in thebes |
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Who is Creon? |
the new king of Thebes |
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What does Creon do with the two brothers? |
Eteocles can be buried and given a full funeral but Polyneices will be left unburied and left untouched |
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What does Ismene do when Antigone asks her for help in burying Polyneices? |
She refuses and tries to stop Antigone but fails |
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What does the chorus consist of? |
Theban elders |
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Who does the chorus think buried Polyneices at first? |
the gods |
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What does Creon tell the Sentry? |
That he must find the culprit or face execution |
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What does the sentry witness? |
a sudden and mysterious dust storm,which he takes a sign as the gods are mad |
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What does Antigone do when she is brought to Antigone? |
defends her actions by asserting the supremacy of divine law |
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What does Ismene do when she is brought to Creon? |
tries to take some of the blame for burying polyneices |
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What does Ismene say to Creon to try and save Antigone from being killed? |
that antigone will soon be his daughter in law |
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What does Creon do before he finds Antigone dead? |
gives Polyneices a proper burial |
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When was Antigone written? |
441 B.C |
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Creon orders that Antigone be_________ |
Sealed inside a cave |
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When does Creon begin to realize he did wrong? |
when Teirisias reports unfavorable omens |
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What happens when Creon goes to save Antigone? |
Haemon was there, who found antigone dead and he tries to kill Creon and then kills himself |
